David Lazer

Let me start by changing my own practices! 🤦‍♂️ But I think the recent reporting checklist paper at NHB (led by @sfeuerriegel.bsky.social) is relevant to the discussion. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science - Nature Human Behaviour nature.com View on Bluesky →

Yeah so this is not good. Thanks to @jeremymberg.bsky.social For speaking out…I would argue that great strides have been made in human health and this is a bad direction to go in…… www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities nytimes.com

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• The White House's July 21 report 'Science: A New Golden Age' reshapes a roughly $200 billion federal R&D budget, steering money away from universities.
• OSTP director Michael Kratsios and OMB director Russell Vought want portable 'golden ticket' awards that follow individual scientists, not their institutions.
• A companion Genesis Mission commitment adds more than $5 billion for AI-driven research across 15-plus agencies, from drug discovery to grid modernization.

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Google didn't just add AI to Google Earth—it briefly turned one of the world's most trusted sources of evidence into a generator of plausible fakes. shirin anlen & Sam Gregory from WITNESS on a foreseeable fiasco, and why tech firms must consult civil society experts before la…

Google Earth AI Fiasco Underscores Why Tech Firms Must Listen to Outside Experts techpolicy.press

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• Google added Nano Banana image generation to Google Earth on Thursday and rolled it back Friday to develop 'stronger guardrails.'
• During the Iran-Israel-US war, fake satellite images built from Google Earth imagery of a US naval base in Bahrain drew hundreds of thousands of views before BBC Verify debunked them.
• WITNESS argues companies must consult journalists, human rights investigators and other outside experts before shipping features that reshape the evidentiary landscape.

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Our new JCMC paper - led by Hsuen-Chi Chiu - looks at privacy attitudes when chatting with AI companions. Based on interviews with 15 chatbot users, we argue that there is a paradox - people trust their AI friends but distrust the corporations that run them! academic.oup.com/j…

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Join us for a virtual workshop discussing AI tools that political scientists are using and the challenges and considerations of incorporating AI in your research, presented by the APSA Status Committee on Graduate Students in the Profession. Using AI Tools in Graduate School 📅…

Using AI Tools in Graduate School: Virtual Workshop: APSA Status Committee on Graduate Students in the Profession | Friday, June 26, 2026 - politicalsciencenow.com View on Bluesky →